Virtual forum featuring experts in election administration and computer science explore Electronic Ballot Marking Devices (BMD), once used primarily to offer assistive technology to mark a paper ballot, are now being adopted widely as the primary voting method for all voters in several states and counties. But how do these machines satisfy the principles of security, transparency, and auditability necessary for trustworthy elections? And what are the potential legal complications? This forum takes an in-depth look at these questions and more, and aims to provide election officials, state and federal lawmakers, voters, and stakeholder groups with critical considerations regarding the use of BMDs as a primary voting method. Presented by Free Speech For People, Coalition for Good Governance, Professor Richard Demillo, Chair of the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at Georgia Tech, and Professor J. Alex Halderman of the University of Michigan’s Center for Computer Security and Society. Jun 22, 2021
Documentary released March 26, 2020
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on American Elections, an HBO production, looks into the weaknesses in election technology today. Using the same team that produced Hacking Democracy in 2006, this new documentary follows some of the same experts who reveal the vulnerabilities that have never been corrected.
The National Election Defense Coalition opposes adopting ballot marking devics as the primary method of voting. From The National Election Defense Coalition.
These principles and best practices were written to guide the regulation and design of high-quality postelection audits. They were developed by an ad hoc group including former election officials, public advocates, computer scientists, statisticians, and political scientists. Dec, 2019
It's not just the government that runs elections. Private companies play a crucial role, from printing ballots, to manufacturing voting machines, to hosting websites where results are posted. By Miles Parks for NPR Sep 19, 2018
How systematic voting failures are a real threat to our democracy. An analysis of voting problems and vulnerabilities within Shelby County Tennessee. By Carol Chumney, Joseph Weinber and Mike Kernell for Shelby Advocates for Verified Elections (SAVE) Sep 1, 2017
We have reviewed the top voting system companies and compiled a list of their most notable voting machines that have vulnerabilities. In some cases the faulty voting machines were used for several years before an elected official decided to decertify the machines. From Followmyvote.com